Subject: Daily Skimm: Here’s looking at you, kid
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2018 06:38:00 -0400 (EDT)

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QUOTE O= THE DAY

"How did people burn CDs? Like how did you just get a=blank CD and put songs on it?" – A Gen Z teen who's making every millennial feel old AF.

LEVEL OFF

The Story

There's an update on drug overdose deaths across the US.

Remind me.

Last year, a record of more than 72,000 people died from drug overdoses �=93 more than 49,000 of those were from opioids. Millions of Americans are =ddicted to opioids like OxyContin and fentanyl. President Trump declared t=e opioid crisis a public health=emergency. And earlier this year, the surgeon general issued a public health advisory telling peo=le to learn about and carry naloxone – a drug that can reverse the=effects of these overdoses.

What's the latest?

Data show that the number of drug overdose deaths sta=ted leveling off late last year. The Health and Human Services secretary s=ggested that efforts to handle the opioid crisis (things like naloxone and access to medication-assisted treatment) are paying o=f.

So this is good news?

Yes, but people aren't getting their hopes up yet sin=e this is just preliminary data. But the secretary said this could be "the=end of the beginning." He also announced a new pilot program that'll help moms addicted to opioids an= their kids. Meanwhile, Trump is expected to sign a bipartisan bill today =hat will expand access to treatment for opioid addicts.

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The opioid=epidemic is still a major, major issue in the US. But after years of o=erdose deaths increasing, this update could be a good sign.

REPEAT AFTER ME...

What to say when you're over your friend bailing on p=ans…

Putting my foot down. Yesterday, the Trump admin said=it's making moves to punish Sa=di officials involved in Jamal Khashoggi's death. That includes revoki=g their visas, and looking into the possibility of sanctions. These are th= first major steps the admin's taken to punish the kingdom for his death. =nd Sec of State Mike Pompeo says they won't be "the last word on this matt=r." President Trump also had some words for Saudi Arabia. He called its co=er-up of Khashoggi's death "the worst in the history of cover-ups."

What you'll be hearing about…

This repo=t on law enforcement officers. It says that when these officers are th= suspects in a civil rights case by the Justice Dept, it typically takes t=e feds about three years to file charges. And that's if it even files the=charges – the report also says most misconduct cases submitted to =he DOJ don't lead to that. Some of the reasons for the apparent holdup? A =omplicated process within the Justice Dept, the high legal standards for p=osecuting cops, and the fact that people aren't putting pressure on the DO= to speed things up. The dept reportedly says that "it takes time to put t=gether an airtight prosecution" for these kinds of cases.

What to say while checking your lottery ticket…

I'm in a glass case of emotion. Yesterday was a rough=one for markets around the wor=d. Some of the reasons: Ja=al Khashoggi's death, the =S-China trade war, weak qu=rterly earnings reports in the US, Brexit, Italy's bu=get problems, and a slowin= Chinese economy. Yikes. The good news? Wall Street recovered a bit af=er the Dow Jones dropped more than 500 points. Eyes are now on tech compan=es like Alphabet and Amazon

Who people are thinking about…

Sandra Da= O'Connor. Yesterday, the former Supreme Court justice (and first woma= on the bench) announced she was diagnosed with dementia "some time ago." =he retired in 2006 to take care of her husband who had Alzheimer's, and ha= become an advocate for the disease. Now she's revealing her diagnosis in =n open letter, and saying that she'll no longer be part of "public life." =hief Justice John Roberts called her a "towering figure" in US history.

Who's making some apologies…

Megyn Kel=y.

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That's your nightmare. Here's mine.

NO EXCUSES

Midterms are coming in hot. You know how we feel (#No=xcuses). That's why this week you can text us for the lowdown on the bigge=t issues and key races in your state. Yes, really. Text us.

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